Announcements
Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
October 12, 2025
ST. JOHN’S NEWS
Quarterly Council Meeting will be held today following the service. Voter’s Meeting will be held next Sunday, October 19 following that service.
Share the Blessing Letters will be coming out next next week!! Be sure to stop and pick them up in your box!
Two First Aid Kits have been purchased for the church. One will be placed on the basement kitchen counter by the small window on the west side. The other will be up in the main part of the church in the closet next to the entry door to the balcony. We will try these 2 spots for now. If someone has a better place to put them, let the office know so we can notify all members in case they need to use them.
Care Packages! - We are looking for donations to send to our troops, Aly and Christian Bierstedt and Brandon Hoover. On the back table is a list of ideas if you would like to contribute. Contact Jessie Parsons or Kelly Fitzgerald, LYF Youth Leaders
Pastoral Care On Demand - Need Prayer, Scripture, Communion, Absolution, or a listening ear? Feel free to call or text one of the pastors at the following numbers:
· Pastor Benjamin Dose cell: 712-790-0716 and his email is pastordose@trinityalgona.org
· Pastor Nelson cell: 608-415-8228 and pastor Nelson email: pastornelson@trinityalgona.org
Hospitalized? If you or a loved one are hospitalized and would like a pastoral visit, please let us know!
SYNOD, DISTRICT & PARTNERSHIP NEWS
A New Member Class is being offered by our Partnership for anyone interested in becoming a member of Trinity or St. John’s as well as those who just want to brush up on the basics of their faith! Class will be held Tuesday evenings at 6:30 pm, October 21 – December 23. Let Pastor Dose or Pastor Nelson know.
District Youth Gatherings: (mark your calendars) Jr High: October 18-19 – “Not Just Water” Sr High: November 21-23 – “God’s Calling Your Life” Information in the church office.
Pledge to Pray for Our Troops - On the back table are cards for you to pick up and pray each day Psalm 91 for all Our troops and Our Nation. This is a chance to pray with other Christians as we Band together to remember those who are serving.
TLC Quilters Invite you to join them in the basement to help with their many projects on Tuesdays & Thursdays, anytime from 8 a.m.– 3 p.m.. No experience needed - just a willing heart!
Women’s Bible Study at Trinity are held on Mondays at 7 & 9:30 a.m. We’ll study ELIZABETH, DEALING WITH DISAPPOINTMENT, part of the Women of the Bible study series. We have all been disappointed! The question is, how do we deal with disappointment with grace and how do we continue to trust the Lord when our longings remain unfulfilled? The ELIZABETH study books will be available to look at then. Please contact Jane (320-0490) or Cheryl (320-1288) if you’d like to join us……we’d love to study Elizabeth with you!
Building Healthy Families: When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant, I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years. (Mark Twain) Truth be told, parents and their children get along much better when the adolescent years are over. Dr. James Dobson once said that the goal of parenting teenagers is simply to survive and live to tell about it. If you and your family are navigating the turbulent waters of adolescence, don’t give up. It will get better! Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6 Lutheran Family Service www.LutheranFamilyService.org
COMMUNITY NEWS
Halloween Party will be held at the Burt Complex from 5-7 p.m. with Tables of Trick and Treat, a Halloween Carnival and a Light Lunch will be served by the churches of Burt. St. John’s lunch contact is Jessie Parsons if you wish to help.
- Note: Burt Halloween Trick or Treat night will be that same night from 5:30-7 p.m.
- Contact Callie Monson at 515-320-5781 to do a table.
Burt Fall Festival will be held on October 18th from 4-7:00 p.m. at the Burt Complex. Free will Donation Meal by Burt City Council, Pumpkin Painting by Burt Fire Dept., Hot Chocolate by Burt Library and then the Pumpkin Derby by Burt Bulletin. Come Join the fun!!
Rejoice in the Lord
In Philippians 4:4, we read Paul’s words, “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, “Rejoice.” This is a very emphatic directive because “rejoice” is followed by “always” and it is repeated “again I say rejoice.” If our lives are not expressing our joy, or if we’ve given up on happiness, we’re missing out on what God intends for us. In the words of Charles Spurgeon, “God made human beings as He made His other creatures, to be happy…They are in their right element when they are happy.” In his book Happiness, Rev. Randy Alcorn writes the following: “C. S. Lewis said, ‘It is a Christian duty…for everyone to be as happy as he can.’ Happiness is a privilege. However, since God repeatedly calls upon to rejoice, delight and be glad in Him, we have both a privilege and an obligation to do so.”
THIS WEEK AT ST. JOHN’S Today, October 12, 2025 8:15 a.m. Adult Bible Class 8:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Divine Service 10:30 a.m. Council Meeting Tuesday, October 14, 2025 Pastors at Winkel at Garner Wednesday, October 15, 2025 6:00 p.m. Catechesis Class Thursday, October 16, 2025 Pastor Dose at Burt Sunday, October 19, 2025 8:15 a.m. Adult Bible Class 8:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Divine Service 10:30 a.m. Voter’s Meeting |
St. John’s Lutheran Church – Burt, IA.
Phone: 515-924-3344
Email: churchoffice@stjohnsburt.org
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